| Joined active political life at an early age of eighteen years |
| appointed Regent by his father on the intervention of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1949 |
| Head of the Indian State of Jammu & Kashmir for next eighteen years |
| as Regent, elected Sadar-i-Riyasat and Governor |
| the only former ruler of a princely State to voluntarily surrender his privy purse and put the entire sum into the Hari-Tara Charitable Trust named after his parents in the service of the people of India |
| converted his Amar Mahal Palace located in Jammu into a Museum and Library which contains a priceless collection of Pahari miniatures and modern Indian art as well as his personal library of over twenty thousand volumes |
| looking after several other trusts in Jammu & Kashmir including the Dharmarth Trust which administers over a hundred Hindu shrines and temples |
| Founder, International Centre for Science, Culture and Consciousness |
| President, (i) People's Commission on Environment and Development (India), and (ii) Indian Council for Cultural Relations (I.C.C.R) with Cabinet rank in 2005 |
| Chairman, (i) Virat Hindu Samaj which seeks social reforms on the basis of universal, vedantic values and (ii) Temple of Understanding, a global Interfaith organisation |
| Vice-Chairman, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund |
| was Chairman, (i) Central Sanskrit Board and (ii) Indian Board of Wildlife |
| was head of Project Tiger |
| Member, (i) Club of Rome, (ii) Club of Budapest, (iii) National Integration Council since November 2004, (iv) Jury for the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, April 2005-March 2008 and (v) National Committee for Celebration of 2550th Anniversary of Mahaprinirvana of Lord Buddha, January 2006 |
| was Member, U.N.E.S.C.O. International Commission on Education for the twenty-first century |
| Trustee, (i) India International Centre and (ii) Green Cross International |
| was Chancellor, (i) Jammu & Kashmir University and (ii) Banaras Hindu University |
| associated with many cultural and academic institutions and has received several honorary degrees and other awards, including doctorates from the Banaras Hindu University, Aligarh Muslim University and Soka University, Tokyo |
| took the M.A. degree of Delhi University in Political Science with a first class first in 1957, creating a University record which is still unbroken |
| represented India at important international conferences |
| has given lectures in five continents on philosophy, culture, politics and environment |
| awarded, (i) National Integration Award for 2005 from the National Commission for Minorities and (ii) Padma Vibhushan Award, 2005 |
| India's representative on the Executive Board of UNESCO since November 2009 |
